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Document Title: The Salutation of Beatrice (prose description)
Author: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Date of Composition: 1880
Type of Manuscript: holograph copy (pencil)

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The Salutation of Beatrice.
This picture embodies Dante's world-famous

sonnet in the Vita Nuova,—
more about Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare
  • “Tanto gentile e tanto onesta pare
  • La donna mia quand'ella altrui saluta,” &c
more about My lady looks so gentle and so pure
  • “My lady looks so gentle & so pure
  • When yielding salutation by the way,” &c
Beatrice advances down the street

while Dante together wit with the

winged figure of Love beside him looks

after her as the goes. These figures are

beside a well in the ancient Florentine

street.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Source File: 12-1880.lasnerms.rad.xml
Copyright: Mark Samuels Lasner